Gloria Mazzocco, 60, of Imperial, faced a judge on charges of conspiracy and providing a firearm to a person barred from possessing one.

Her son, 25-year-old David Mazzocco, is charged in a shooting at the Fort Pitt Inn in March that killed 29-year-old James Adams of Imperial and wounded two other people.

Allegheny County Homicide detectives testified that Gloria Mazzocco knew her son wasn't allowed to posses firearms, but that she gave him her guns anyway.

"She stated that she retrieved them from her bedroom and gave them to her son to take them to his friend's house to show his mother," Detective Patrick Miller testified.

Miller told the judge that Mazzocco was committed for mental health issues in 2006, and could not possess a firearm as a result. Prosecutors say Gloria Mazzocco signed the commitment papers at the time.

Defense attorney Mark Sindler represents both Gloria Mazzocco and her son David. He argued that testimony about his client's confession should not be allowed

"There are no other witness statements, there is no forensic evidence obviously, it's just her statements that they're relying upon," Sindler said.

Magisterial District Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet allowed the confession and held the charges against Gloria Mazzocco.

Chambers Weikel, James Adam's uncle, was in the courtroom.

"She's responsible, absolutely. she did what she should not have done, let her son have the guns," Weikel said

Weikel and his wife Beth said they came to see justice and to honor their nephew.

"He was a wonderful young man and he didn't deserve this at all," Beth Weikel said.

Gloria Mazzocco remains free on bail, awaiting formal arraignment.

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David Mazzocco

David Mazzocco was arrested after a fatal shooting at the Fort Pitt Inn in North Fayette.